“I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, but how I love the gifts I give!”
The words of Carolyn Wells most certainly resonate with us here at Your Local Lincs and if the donations to our charitable requests from our treasured friends of the magazine and valued customers are anything to go by, it is far from outrageous of me to think that they quite possibly reflect a piece of your heart too. We love Christmas – I certainly love it now I have removed the stress and simply embrace the finer flavours of her; hot chocolates, cosy slippers and eating my body weight in candy canes whilst alternating the watching of It’s a Wonderful Life and Elf!
One thing I do struggle with is the fact that I love buying Barbies and colouring books and now my children are getting older they don’t seem to wish for these. Whilst sharing this with my YLL colleagues, we realised this was a shared feeling even down to discovering pretty bottles of bath salts and not knowing who to buy them for! And that is how this YLL Christmas Cheer idea was born… once again we are opening the YLL HQ doors with a donations for Christmas appeal and turning to you to support us. We are all too aware of the current financial and economic climate and the varying levels of impact for people, particularly families. So, we reached out to a local secondary school with a track record of supporting families that could all too easily be forgotten. We aim to help alleviate some of the pressures that Christmas can bring to families within our readership area, replacing Christmas stress with Christmas cheer! We are proud to be supporting our local families through a school that is able to identify who will benefit the most from a helping hand and are delighted to invite you, our friends of the magazine, to join us.
By serving as a drop-off point, we will happily be receiving donations of anything from novelty slippers to cosy pyjamas, blankets to bedding, Barbies to board games, books, bath-time treats and toiletries (yes to the rubber ducks!) and of course food items are welcomed too. We will make use of the unwanted gifts you may have received, unopened underwear, BOGOFs on toothpaste and 2 for £7 books; one for you, one for donation! As this is about helping families, we are covering all sexes and ages so there are no limits! Our doors are open Monday-Thursday from 9am-3pm and we look forward to greeting you when popping in to deliver your own droplets of Christmas magic.
Thank YOU! x
